My BIL, who thinks he knows everything, tried to convince me that when soda is made, they add caffeine to it, and when they make decaf, they chemically remove it. This seems rather counter-intuitive to me if they add caffeine, then why not just make a run without adding it? But since he ‘knows everything’ he swears that is how it is made. Can someone how true or not this is?
In: Chemistry
Technically, you’re both right. Decaffeinated does absolutely mean that the caffeine is removed from something.
There’s no such thing as decaf soda. There’s caffeine-free soda, which is made exactly the way you think it is.
However, kola nuts do contain a small amount of caffeine. In order to make truly caffeine-free colas, they would have to be decaffeinated. However, for the most part, the manufacturers don’t bother.
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